"We Oppose...": India On Canada Parliament Honouring Khalistani Terrorist
NDTV
Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has alleged that "agents" of the Indian government were involved in killing Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who was a Canadian citizen.
The Indian government will "naturally oppose any move giving political space to extremism and advocacy of violence", the Foreign Ministry said Friday in its weekly press briefing.
The reference was to the Canadian parliament observing a moment of silence in the memory of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who was killed outside a gurdwara in Canada's British Columbia province last year. A video released by news agency IANS showed MPs observing silence after Speaker Greg Fergus said, "... I understand there is an agreement to observe a moment of silence in memory of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, assassinated in Surrey one year ago today."
Nijjar was wanted in India for being the "mastermind" of the Khalistani Tiger Force, a designated terror group in this country. Last July, anti-terror agency NIA announced a cash reward of Rs 10 lakh for the capture of Nijjar in connection with the murder of a Hindu priest in Punjab's Jalandhar.
